Meteorological statement-Continued. Range. Mean of maximum. Mean of minimum. Mean. Greatest fall. Greatest rise. WIND. Varying between N. NE E. SE. S. SW. W. NW. NE. E.byS SW. W. by N. 2d, 29.50 .98 30.17 30.08 30.12 2d, .60 18th, .41 5 6 2 5 1 1 .... No record. 2 2 1 S 19th, 4th, 29.80.78 30.22 30.15 30.18 20th, .20 25th, .23 29th, 29.92.35 30.10 30.04 15th, 29.67 .90 30.22 30.11 30.16 2d, .30 26th, .37 2 142 2 1 3 1 3 ... 2 2 5 1 2 1 5 4 Variable. Summer, W. morning, SE. forenoon, SW. afternoon. CLARKSVILLE, HABERSHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA, January 28, 1852. DEAR SIR: Enclosed I send you a condensed statement of the temperature of the atmosphere at Clarksville, by a Fahrenheit thermometer, for portions of the years 1847, 1848, and 1849, at sunrise, 2 o'clock p. and 9 o'clock p. m., kept by Robert Campbell, esq. No record having ever been kept for an entire year is the reason why this statement embraces only portions of the respective years. m., Yours, respectfully, &c., J. VAN BUREN. Hon. THOMAS EWBANK. Thermometrical Observations at Clarksville, Habersham county, Georgia, 1,615 feet altitude above the ocean, in the years 1847, 1848, 1849. VIII. MISCELLANEOUS. SEEDS RECEIVED FOR DISTRIBUTION. Particular attention has been given to the collection of seeds for distribution during the past year; and a larger amount of money has been expended by the Office for this object than during any previous year. The arrival of the foreign seeds was unfortunately delayed till the season had become somewhat advanced; but the whole, with the exception of those delivered to members of Congress, heads of departments, &c., were sent by mail, within three days of their arrival, to every State and Territory of the Union. In addition to those procured by purchase, many curious and valuable seeds have been sent for distribution from gentlemen both at home and abroad. Through the agency, and at the suggestion, of M. Alex. Vattemare, there were sent by M. Louis Vilmorin, of Paris, an almost complete collection of the varieties of French wheat in ear, besides a quantity of seeds of grains, grasses, and vegetables. M. Randon, Minister of War, sent samples of the agricultural products of Algiers. These seeds were received and distributed by the Department of the Interior. From C. F. Hagedorn, esq., Bavarian consul general, were received some olive-tree seeds; also, an assortment of vegetable seeds; and a parcel, containing a new and very prolific variety of rye, sent by the Agricultural Society of Bavaria. Commodore J. H. Aulick, commander of the East India squadron, having been requested by the Secretary of the Navy to procure valuable plants, seeds, &c., suitable for cultivation in the United States, several cases of cuttings and roots of sugar-cane were sent home by him. They were received at the Department of the Interior, and were thence distributed among the sugar-planters of Louisiana and the neighboring States. A box of Cape of Good Hope wheat, also sent by Commodore Aulick, was received at the Patent Office, and was promptly distributed, through members of Congress and others, to every wheat-growing State in the Union. Seeds have likewise been sent to the Patent Office by the following gentlemen: Jacob Hewes, esq., of Leipenville, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. Thomas Affleck, esq., Washington, Mississippi-a sack of Egyptian oats. John P. Brown, esq., Constantinople. (The seeds never reached the Office.) |